CLEVELAND (November 13, 2017) – Cuyahoga Arts & Culture (CAC) will invest $12,032,910 in grants to a record-number 258 nonprofit organizations in Cuyahoga County through its 2018 grant programs. The grants, which will support arts and cultural organizations and projects of all sizes throughout Cuyahoga County in 2018, were approved by CAC’s Board of Trustees during its public meeting on Monday. More...

Thank you to everyone who has written or called concerning our recent communication about our General Operating Support (GOS) grant program in 2018-19. It is heartening to receive the support so many of you have expressed for the tough decisions we must make to help sustain a vibrant arts community that stretches across geography, race, age and interest. More...

Last week, Cuyahoga Arts & Culture’s Board of Trustees unanimously approved spending $10.2 million for the General Operating Support
(GOS) grant program in 2018-2019. That vote was taken at a public meeting, and
it followed months of discussions with arts groups and public pronouncements
signaling the funding level. Since then, we’ve contacted each of the 61 organizations that will receive funding through that program and shared this
news. More...

Today in its public meeting, our Board of Trustees made a tough but important decision regarding the allocation of grant funding for the next General Operating Support grant cycle. In a unanimous decision, the board voted to allocate $10.2 million to GOS for 2018-2019.More...

On Monday, October 16, Cuyahoga Arts & Culture’s Board of Trustees will hold a meeting to discuss and take action on its allocation policy, the annual allocation of CAC’s revenue into its grant programs for 2018-19, and to provide education to its trustees about the existing General Operating Support formula. More...

CLEVELAND (September 12, 2017) – Gwendolyn Garth has been reappointed and Kenneth Miller has been appointed by County Executive Armond Budish to serve three-year terms on the Cuyahoga Arts & Culture (CAC) Board of Trustees. Cuyahoga County Councilman Pernel Jones, Jr. was present at the board’s September 11, 2017 meeting to swear in the trustees. More...

CLEVELAND (June 5, 2017) – Neighborhood Connections has approved $250,745 in grants to support 100 projects in Cleveland and East Cleveland. Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, the local public funder for arts and culture, will co-fund 23 of the resident-led arts and culture projects through a partnership with Neighborhood Connections. More...

Cuyahoga Arts & Culture (CAC) is pleased to announce a planning team of Cuyahoga County artists and community leaders is in formation. The team will bring their expertise and leadership to gather public input on the best ways CAC can provide funding and support to artists and creative people in Cuyahoga County. The work of the planning team will begin in June. More...

CLEVELAND (April 27, 2017) – This summer, Cuyahoga County residents and visitors to Public Square in downtown Cleveland will be able to enjoy a variety of free arts and culture events thanks to Arts & Culture in the Square, a program to bring additional programming to downtown Cleveland’s outdoor Public Square. Cuyahoga Arts & Culture (CAC) will support nine new projects in Public Square with funding from National Endowment for the Arts and Group Plan Commission, and in partnership with LAND studio. Arts & Culture in the Square will take place from May to August 2017 and programs and events will be free and open to the public. More...

The President’s current budget proposal eliminates funding for the National Endowment for the Arts. NEA has said that is “business as usual” until the proposed budget is finalized.

Cuyahoga Arts & Culture has received a NEA grant to bring arts and culture to Public Square in Summer 2017, and that grant remains unchanged. We encourage you to learn more and submit ideas until March 29 at www.cacgrants.org/square.

If you currently receive funding from the NEA, connect with your program officer and assess what, if any, impact the President’s proposal will have on your current grant. Learn more about NEA’s work.

Cuyahoga Voices & Vision is a community listening project and vision for CAC’s next decade resulting from thousands of conversations with Cuyahoga County residents, organizations, and you. On Wednesday, March 22, Cuyahoga Arts & Culture will hold a briefing and conversation to share what we learned, answer questions, and provide a space to connect with others working in the arts and cultural community. More...

Cuyahoga Arts & Culture continues to work toward having a proposal at the September 2017 board meeting for new, community-informed approaches to support Cuyahoga County artists, in line with our mission. This work is grounded in key elements affirmed by our Board at their December 2016 meeting. More...

CLEVELAND (March 3, 2017) – Cuyahoga Arts & Culture (CAC) seeks ideas for Arts & Culture in the Square, a program to bring additional arts and culture programming to downtown Cleveland’s outdoor Public Square. With funding from National Endowment for the Arts and Group Plan Commission, and in partnership with LAND studio, Cuyahoga Arts & Culture will help bring new creative projects to Public Square from May to August 2017. Cuyahoga County artists, makers, and select nonprofits who currently receive CAC funding are invited to submit ideas by March 29, 2017. More...

In 2017, Cuyahoga Arts & Culture is committed to ongoing support of our community’s artists. We want to continue talking with you about those plans, but we want to be clear: this issue is not on the agenda for CAC’s February 13 Board meeting.More...

Cuyahoga Arts & Culture is embarking on a year of celebration, reflection, and discovery. This year marks a decade of our agency’s work to strengthen organizations and inspire residents across Cuyahoga County through our investments in arts and culture. More...

As we look to 2017, Cuyahoga Arts & Culture will continue its longtime commitment to supporting Cuyahoga County artists. More...

CLEVELAND (November 14, 2016) – Cuyahoga Arts & Culture (CAC) will invest $14,573,833 in grants to 241 nonprofit organizations in Cuyahoga County through its 2017 grant programs. The grants, which will support arts and cultural organizations and projects of all sizes throughout Cuyahoga County in 2017, were approved by CAC’s Board of Trustees during its public meeting and celebration on Monday. More...

As the seasons begin to change here in Cuyahoga County, we at Cuyahoga Arts & Culture are shifting to the final phase of our organizational planning work. The new season marks the end of our community listening project: a summer full of conversations with residents, and work with community partners to hold deep-dive conversations with residents across the County. More...

CLEVELAND (August 3, 2016) – Cuyahoga Arts & Culture (CAC) released today its 2015 Report from the Community, which shares the stories of Cuyahoga County residents who have been impacted by cultural experiences supported by CAC. The Report from the Community is available at report.cacgrants.org.More...

CLEVELAND (June 16, 2016) – For the ninth year in a row, Cuyahoga Arts & Culture (CAC) has received a “clean” audit report from the Ohio Auditor of State. Cuyahoga Arts & Culture’s complete financial audit report is now available on the Auditor of State’s website.More...

Thank you to the nearly 200 representatives from cultural organizations small and large who attended our planning kickoff event on May 19th. Planning for CAC’s future starts with understanding what the cultural life of our community looks like, and it was important for us to begin by hearing from the people who work to enhance that cultural life every day. More...

CLEVELAND (May 17, 2016) – Neighborhood Connections, the small-grants and grassroots community-building program affiliated with the Cleveland Foundation, has approved $288,672 in grants to support 120 different projects in Cleveland and East Cleveland. Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, the county’s public funder for arts and culture, will co-fund 44 of the resident-led arts and culture projects through a partnership with Neighborhood Connections. More...

Earlier this month, the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections released the official election results for Issue 8, the levy that renewed support for our agency for the next ten years.We were stunned and humbled that the issue passed with 75.2% of voters saying “YES” to arts and culture in our community, and we say "Thank You!" to each person who supported the campaign. More...

Cuyahoga County residents with Issue 8 yard signs are asked to recycle their signs at the following locations. Residents can drop off the signs anytime during business hours from November 4 - November 18, 2015. More...

On November 3, 2015, Cuyahoga County voters will have the opportunity to vote on Issue 8, the penny-and-a-half tax on cigarettes that funds Cuyahoga Arts & Culture. More...

Cuyahoga Arts & Culture will hold a forum for CAC-funded organizations on Monday, May 11 to share the results of a recent community survey and brainstorm ways to connect residents to public funding for arts and culture. More...

This week's Crain's Cleveland Business features an opinion piece from Bernie Moreno, President of The Collection Auto Group. Mr. Moreno writes, "it's vital that we have a strong, vibrant culture that can attract businesses and individuals who will make Cuyahoga County an exciting and prosperous place to live for everyone." More...